Sinbad The Sailor - Rock On by Farhan Akhtar, Raman Mahadevan

Sinbad The Sailor - Rock On arrived from the Rock On album and quickly became one of the most replayed tracks of 2008. Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy built the instrumental foundation carefully here — every element earns its place in the mix.

Farhan Akhtar, Raman Mahadevan's vocal here has a quality that is difficult to describe but impossible to miss — it simply feels true. On screen, a talented ensemble cast bring the emotional world of the song to life in a way that enhances rather than competes with the music.

2008 marked the release of Rock On, and Sinbad The Sailor - Rock On was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. The emotional register of Sinbad The Sailor - Rock On is wide enough to fit celebration and solitude equally well.

The concision of Sinbad The Sailor - Rock On — just 6:27 — is part of what makes it work. There is nothing here that should not be. It is, simply, one of the better songs to come from Hindi in recent memory — and the numbers agree.